Answers to Questions about Life’s Trials

How can the Lord help someone overcome an addiction?

Oct 30, 2018 | Addictions

Question Gramps, How can the Lord help someone overcome an addiction if they’ve already tried everything? David Answer Dear David, I’m sorry that you are struggling with the issue of addiction-whether your own or that of a loved one. While you didn’t...

Eating disorders? Suicide? Acceptance of temple work?

Aug 31, 2018 | Trials

Question Hi Gramps, Can God help me overcome an eating disorder? Thanks, Elly Answer Dear Elly, I am sorry you are struggling with an eating disorder. Yes, Christ can help you. His Atonement covers not just sins, but all the pains we experience in this life....

Is divorce the right thing to do over money?

Jul 16, 2018 | Addictions, Divorce

Question Gramps, My husband and I have been married for 18 years, we were sealed 3 and 1/2 years ago. My husband has an addiction problem, it’s like he’s addicted to having an addiction. For 18 years we have barely scraped by, robbing peter to pay Paul, I have asked...

In a divorce situation, who chooses who can ordain to the Aaronic Priesthood?

May 1, 2018 | Divorce, Priesthood

Question Gramps, In a divorce situation, who chooses who can ordain a child to the Aaronic priesthood? Is is the parent with legal custody? I have a situation where my ex lied his way into being re-baptized after excommunication, and now holds a temple...

How do you forgive someone when they have hurt you, betrayed you, so intimately and deeply?

Jan 29, 2018 | Addictions, Sexual Issues

Question Gramps, I am struggling to forgive my husband after he betrayed me in one of the most intimate ways possible: adultery. His adultery was through pornography and masturbation. I can only imagine how much greater my pain would be if he had been physically...

I’m on a mission unworthily. What can I do?

Dec 23, 2017 | Repentance, Sexual Issues

Question Hi Gramps, I’m having trouble. I’m on a mission and I want to start off by saying that I fully intend on finishing my mission. The problem is I’m not here worthily. I want to be, I just don’t have the courage to confess my sins....

Is it acceptable to terminate suffering by suicide or assisted suicide?

Dec 13, 2017 | Trials

Question Dear Gramps, My son asked me yesterday if it was acceptable for someone who was terminally ill and in severe pain and suffering to commit suicide or have assisted suicide. I gave my own opinion to him, but I wondered what you would say about it. Pat ...

Does Mormonism teach any limits or prohibitions in marital intimacy?

Dec 1, 2017 | Sexual Issues

Question Dear Gramps, Are there any limits on physical intimacy after you’re married? Is it, ‘Anything goes’ or are there prohibited things? Nothing I’ve read gives a definitive answer. Anonymous Answer Dear Anonymous, Although you may not find an official...

It is necessary to accept a calling if suffering from depression?

Oct 8, 2017 | Depression

Question Gramps, I have friends who are receiving help with depression, but they’d rather go inactive than deal with the stress of holding a calling due to depression OR telling the bishop no. There is so much pressure to accept a calling. Is this doctrine or...

If I suffer from depression now, does that mean I will suffer it after I die?

Sep 29, 2017 | Afterlife, Depression

Question Gramps, In Alma 34 it says, “for that same spirit which doth possess your bodies at the time that ye go out of this life, that same spirit will have power to possess your body in that eternal world.” I suffer from PTSD, anxiety, and depression....

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How can the Lord help someone overcome an addiction?

Eating disorders? Suicide? Acceptance of temple work?

Is divorce the right thing to do over money?

In a divorce situation, who chooses who can ordain to the Aaronic Priesthood?

How do you forgive someone when they have hurt you, betrayed you, so intimately and deeply?

I’m on a mission unworthily. What can I do?

Is it acceptable to terminate suffering by suicide or assisted suicide?

Does Mormonism teach any limits or prohibitions in marital intimacy?

It is necessary to accept a calling if suffering from depression?

If I suffer from depression now, does that mean I will suffer it after I die?

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